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Chapter 94: Drunken Chicken with Peppercorn

Tang Qiaoqiao wanted that picture, and Shen Yue knew her thoughts as soon as she said it. She definitely wanted to use it to blackmail him in the future.

Shen Yue smiled and said, "It's not impossible to give it to you, but I can't give it to you for nothing."

Tang Qiaoqiao: "You are really insisting on the personality set of an evil capitalist who is peeling people's skin to the end? Why would you want such an old photo? I just don't have any old photos of you."

Shen Yue's dark eyes flashed. He suddenly moved, pressing Tang Qiaoqiao on the shelf. The space was originally enclosed, and suddenly the atmosphere became hot and dry.

Tang Qiaoqiao stammered, "You, what do you want to do?"

Shen Yue: "What do you think?"

Tang Qiaoqiao: "I'm going to call up someone if you are like this."

Shen Yue: "Try it. No one will come even if you break your throat. No one could hear you here."

Tang Qiaoqiao actually yelled twice, "Broken throat! Broken throat!"

After she screamed, the two looked at each other and suddenly laughed.

Tang Qiaoqiao whispered, "When we are surrounded by school things like this, it feels like two students hiding here to secretly fall in love."

Shen Yue raised an eyebrow. "You seem to be very experienced?"

Tang Qiaoqiao blinked her eyes. "Why, are you jealous?"

Shen Yue suddenly put an arm around her waist. "I won't get jealous because of old things. Anyway, you are in my arms now."

"Are you okay? Can you stand firm without your crutch?" Tang Qiaoqiao joked.

Shen Yue pecked her lips twice before saying, "You'll know if you try it."

Tang Qiaoqiao smiled. "I am the one standing unsteady."

After that, the two people in the small storage room stopped talking. The two embracing man and woman faintly reflected on the glass cabinet.

This is the first time Tang Qiaoqiao came to the Shen family's house for dinner. Madam Shen wanted to cook herself, but Tang Qiaoqiao had a thorough understanding of Madam Shen's cooking skills after her medicinal soup torture during the hospitalization. How could she dare to let her cook? Even Shen Yue also stopped her.

"Mom, don't bother. Don't you know your own cooking skills?"

Tang Qiaoqiao was secretly speechless. This filial son did not show mercy to his own mother.

Madam Shen patted Shen Yue on the back. "Smelly boy, is your mother's skill is so bad? Didn't you drank my soup very happily last time?"

Shen Yue still told the truth, "It's just because I saw it is not easy for you to boil it for a long time. Actually, it's really一it's hard to drink."

'Ruthless!'

Tang Qiaoqiao gave Shen Yue a thumbs up in admiration.

As soon as Shen Yue said this, he was pinched several times by Madam Shen. "Ouch, Ouch," he yelled loudly.

Tang Qiaoqiao smiled. Shen Yue only became like a child in front of Madam Shen.

She let the mother and son continue to quarrel and walked into the kitchen. She let the cook who was preparing the food rest for a while, put on an apron, and started cooking dinner.

She had brought two cooked dishes. After thinking about it, she made stewed lion head meatballs, fried lamb with green onions, and seasonal vegetable soup with Century eggs.

After Madam Shen taught her son a lesson, she walked into the kitchen to help Tang Qiaoqiao.

She admitted that she hadn't touched any housework since she was a child, but she was willing to learn. She decided that from now on, as soon as Tang Qiaoqiao enters the kitchen to cook, she will follow suit.

'Damn kid, wait for mom to slap your face.'

Tang Qiaoqiao saw that Madam Shen had this determination, so she taught her step by step. The old lady studied very seriously and even brought a video camera to record the process so that she could observe it in the future.

Don't look at the old lady who doesn't cook very often, but she has a high sense of learning. Tang Qiaoqiao, as a "teacher," has a sense of accomplishment.

Madam Shen was washing green vegetables in her hand and suddenly approached her mysterious. "Qiaoqiao, did you see that photo in his room just now?"

Tang Qiaoqiao was surprised. "You put it there?"

"Huh, huh." Madam Shen smiled triumphantly," The brat thought that the photo was destroyed, but he didn't know that I had backed it up a long time ago."

Tang Qiaoqiao: 'Oh ho. Old ginger is spicier.'

"Shen Yue has a weird temper since he was a child. Unlike other boys of the same age who love to play, he is especially keen on various competitions. I think he has grown old prematurely. Finally, there was such an extraordinary performance. I was excited and didn't sleep at night. How cute he was when he wore a skirt. It was a pity that it was only that one time. After that even if it killed him, he wouldn't participate in this kind of performance." Madam Shen looked sad.

"I can imagine it." Tang Qiaoqiao said.

Madam Shen said, "Did you get it in your hand? If he refused to give it to you. I have a lot of spare."

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Tang Qiaoqiao: '...Why don't you say earlier? Because of that picture, I was "taken advantage" by your stuffed bean paste son.'

Madam Shen said, "If he bullies you in the future, you could use threaten to expose the photo to fight back against him. Anyway, he is now considered a celebrity on the Internet. He is desperate to save face, so he must not dare to go against you."

'This is a real mother. Ah, pitting son without sparing no effort.'

'But well done!'

Tang Qiaoqiao replied, "Actually, I think so too."

The two women were immediately happy, but Shen Yue, who was sitting in the living room, sneezed several times inexplicably.

Soon, dinner is ready.

In addition to the three dishes on the table, there is also drunken chicken with peppercorns and beef with spicy sauce. These two dishes took a long time to make, so she had prepared them at home before bringing them over.

The drunken chicken with peppercorns is not complicated to make, mainly because it takes time to marinate. Sautéed the pepper and salt in a dry pan until fragrant, spread them evenly on the chicken, and put it in the refrigerator to marinate overnight. Tang Qiaoqiao uses her own chicken, which is tender and flavorful.

After a night of marinating, the taste of pepper and salt has penetrated into the chicken. She rinsed it well, put it in boiling green onion and ginger water and cooked it over low heat. Then she rinsed it in ice water twice. This will tighten the chicken skin and make the texture more crispy.

Because it is called drunken chicken, it is naturally indispensable to use wine. Tang Qiaoqiao used the finest Huadiao wine, soaking the whole chicken in the wine for twelve hours.

The chicken soaked in Huadiao wine has a beautiful golden color. Once chopped into pieces, placed on a plate, and sprinkled with chopped green onion, it is ready to eat.

The first thing that Madam Shen tried was this drunken chicken with peppercorns. She picked up a piece of chicken and could smell the rich aroma of the wine. The chicken skin was crispy, but the inside was fat, tender, and oily. The mellow Huadiao wine seemed to be absorbed completely. Her tongue was fascinated, and when she tasted carefully, the fresh and tender juice with a hint of pepper flavor suddenly awakened her taste buds.

"It's delicious." Madam Shen couldn't wait to pick up another piece.

Shen Yue saw MadamShen eating so happily and quickly moved his chopsticks. Tang Qiaoqiao spent a whole day cooking this dish at home, and she didn't let him taste it before it was done. The chicken had been hanging on his appetite, and now, it is finally ready to eat.

Tang Qiaoqiao started with stewed lion head meatballs. In addition to pork, she also added diced water chestnuts and diced bamboo shoots. Lionhead meatball is not a large meatball. It is tight on the outside and loose on the inside. The pork is cut into the size of pomegranate seeds, so it has an obvious grainy taste. The water chestnuts and bamboo shoots are crispy and delicious when bitten, and together, they are extremely delicious.

Madam Shen scooped a spoonful of Century egg soup with seasonal vegetables, and said with emotion, "The salted duck egg you made last time was delicious, but I didn't expect you to make Century Egg."

The whole egg is purple-black, covered with pine branch-like crystal patterns. Beautiful like works of art.

The century egg could be eaten with cold dressing or stir-fried with vegetables. This time, Tang Qiaoqiao used it with fresh seasonal vegetables to make a soup. The taste of a pure vegetable soup is relatively monotonous, but after adding the egg, it has a unique taste and makes people full of appetite.

Therefore, Madam Shen, who has always eaten little at night, ate two bowls of rice. Finally, she took Tang Qiaoqiao for a walk in the yard to digest.

This house is usually only occupied by Madam Shen and a group of servants. The headquarter building of the Shen Group is on Chang'an Avenue. Shen Yue's eldest brother and sister-in-law also live nearby and come to visit the old lady from time to time.

Soon on New Year's Eve, Shen Yue's eldest brother, Shen Yong, and his sister-in-law, Hu Hong, brought Shen Liang to the Shen family's house early in the morning.

Shen Yong is more than ten years older than Shen Yue, and his temperament is completely different from him. He has a standard Chinese middle-aged people figure with a beer belly. Shen Liang could grow a face that attracts thousands of girls is thanks to his mother.

Shen Yong didn't talk much. After polite greetings with Tang Qiaoqiao, he went upstairs to find Shen Yue. He said he wanted to talk about business.

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Hu Hong handed the gift to the servant, and when she saw Tang Qiaoqiao in the living room, she immediately became strange with a sarcastic attitude. "What a rare guest. The star of the Tang family is also here. Shen Yue hasn't been home to spend the New Year with her mother in many years, and now he finally knows his family. Sure enough, people are different after marrying a wife."

Tang Qiaoqiao couldn't care about her cynicism. She smiled and said, "Yes, so the sister-in-law should also let eldest nephew get married so that he will go back to see you more after. Has he talked about marriage with Tang Rou? When will you have a wedding? Remember to send us an invitation."

Hu Hong's face suddenly pulled down when Tang Qiaoqiao mentioned Tang Rou.

That daughter of the Tang family made her lose face in the rich ladies circle and made the entire network ridicule her son. Even though she was sincere towards Tang Rou, but if they wanted to talk about marriage? Let them dream from spring to autumn.

She said coldly, "Shen Liang and Tang Rou broke up a long time ago. She belongs to your Tang family. You should know better than me."

Tang Qiaoqiao said unceremoniously, "She is not my family. Why would I know?"

Shen Liang stepped in late after his parents. As soon as he walked in, he heard his mother mocking Tang Rou in a big way. He felt a little ashamed. After all, he and Tang Rou had broken up.

After his love affair with Tang Rou was exposed, he was under pressure from various quarters. The most terrible thing was that Tang Rou's concealment of her fake daughter's identity was known to his parents.

Although the Tang family later personally came to apologize to Shen Yong and his wife, it did not help.

Hu Hong's affection for Tang Rou ceased to exist. She told Shen Liang overtly and secretly—Tang Rou absolutely couldn't enter their family. She didn't want such a daughter-in-law.

In addition, at that time, his acting career was also undergoing transformation. Tang Rou gradually became indifferent to him because he could not clean up after her problems. Later, he accidentally discovered that Tang Rou was photographed by paparazzi because she did it on purpose.

Such Tang Rou looked strange to him.

Their contradiction was getting deeper and deeper before he knew it, and it was difficult to eliminate. His previous fascination towards her had disappeared.

Strangely, when he proposed to break up, Tang Rou made it a lot easier.

Shen Liang didn't want to see his mother and Tang Qiaoqiao quarreling again, so he asked Hu Hong to find his grandmother. Hu Hong snorted coldly and walked away with her head held high.

Shen Liang said, "I know you have severed the relationship with the Tang family, but I still want to tell you that the whole family went abroad. Tang Rou also followed."

Tang Qiaoqiao: "I said it. It has nothing to do with me."

Shen Liang looked at her cold and indifferent attitude and was inexplicably angry. "Why are you so cold-blooded? They are your parents anyway, and Tang Rou is also your sister."

Tang Qiaoqiao laughed, "Don't you feel funny when you say this? You are really passionate, so why did you abandon your childhood sweetheart girlfriend?"

"That is, that is because of my mother's objection." Shen Liang said weakly.

Tang Qiaoqiao sneered, "If you think that can comfort yourself by saying this, do whatever you want. No need to explain to me. I don't care."

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